Tuesday, June 21, 2016

Turn-based strategy/MMO hybrid
Dofus - well known for the French gaming public - has indeed been around for a
while, and it has now taken another step towards increased notoriety, by
hitting the mobile market, albeit in a rather timid and half-hearted manner:
the mobile version of the game, called Dofus Touch, has soft-launched in Canada
and it will apparently only be available for tablets. Content-wise, the mobile
game will come with everything that the 2.14 version of the game has, so it
will indeed provide quite a full experience. Needless to say though, the fact
that it will only run on tablets, will represent a serious limitation.

Those looking to play Dofus
Touch will have to create new characters. They won't be able to bring their
Dofus characters over. Instead of a subscription-based model, the game will employ
a rather run-of-the-mill free-to-play business model.

As said above, the franchise is
by no means a new one: it has been around since 2004 and it has generated quite
a number of spin-offs. Among these spin-offs, there were a few mobile ones as
well as games which were later shut down.

While the tablet-only nature of
the soft-launch is definitely a drawback, the game still has its beautiful
graphics, long history, superb art and intriguing premise to fall back on.
Doubtlessly, many people will be curious about it, enough to fuel a great
soft-launch.

Philip Thalberg moderates the Overwatch forums at Gosugamers.net, the world's best eSports and competitive gaming destination.